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Re:I got into YC (Startup School) by hacking it on Friday July 24, 2026 @03:09PM (#49040339)

sure….

How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization

Posted by pixiemaster on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @02:55PM
from the buttondown.com dept.

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/how-to-talk-about-ai-without-adding-to-the/

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Re:Anthropic says Alibaba used 25k accounts to mine Claude on Saturday June 27, 2026 @02:37PM (#48700597)

you can reverse engineer the whole thing with just 25k accounts?

don’t let the stock market hear that.

The Math of Friday 13th

Posted by pixiemaster on Thursday April 02, 2026 @01:12AM
from the scientificamerican.com dept.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-friday-the-13th-is-a-mathematical-inevitability/

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Re:Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valua... on Saturday February 14, 2026 @03:38AM (#47012801)

in dollar yes. if you use the Swiss Franc as baseline, not.

Re:Using AI generated images to get refunds on Sunday January 04, 2026 @08:30AM (#46487759)

I was consulting for an insurance company once. they even had examples of some of their employees to get insurance money for broken things, using their internal example pictures….

Fotos of a Black Hole

Posted by pixiemaster on Thursday December 18, 2025 @12:53AM
from the space.com dept.

https://www.space.com/astronomy/black-holes/james-webb-space-telescope-confirms-1st-runaway-supermassive-black-hole-rocketing-through-cosmic-owl-galaxies-at-2-2-million-mph-it-boggles-the-mind

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Moondust is toxic: sharp microparticles [pdf]

Posted by pixiemaster on Saturday November 08, 2025 @04:36AM
from the nature.com dept.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-022-00244-1.pdf

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Eating Oysters against the climate catastrophy

Posted by pixiemaster on Friday September 12, 2025 @10:36AM
from the pnas.org dept.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2504004122

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Re:iPhone Air on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @05:01AM (#45195104)

legal, and also: if you already have been diagnosed, you should already be under medical professional supervision (meds, checkups,…) anyway.

my guess is this is more like the heart irregularities feature: it’s for the first diagnosis. (a relative of mine actually got diagnosed that way)

Re:Tesla dumped 75% of its Bitcoin at one of the worst times, losing b... on Saturday July 26, 2025 @03:13AM (#44692071)

whom did it sell it to? buying cheap bitcoin ahead of an expected rally…

Ask HN: Is the future of Coding Guidelines oriented towards LLMs?

Posted by pixiemaster on Sunday July 13, 2025 @01:15PM
from the ask-hn dept.

In the past, Codibg Guidelines have been oriented towards humans understanding (readability…). since the skills and limitations of LLMs are widely different, how should those guidelines adapt?

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OpenAI spent 119% of revenue for employee stocks

Posted by pixiemaster on Monday July 07, 2025 @02:53PM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/GaryMarcus/status/1942289218103042050

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Energy storage in the ocean with concrete spheres

Posted by pixiemaster on Saturday May 17, 2025 @08:33AM
from the newatlas.com dept.

https://newatlas.com/energy/stensea-concrete-spheres-ocean-floor-energy-storage/

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108-Gigapixel Scan of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring

Posted by pixiemaster on Friday May 02, 2025 @03:13PM
from the kottke.org dept.

https://kottke.org/25/05/what-108-gigapixel-scan-of-vermeers-girl-with-a-pearl-earring

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New OpenAI models hallucinate more

Posted by pixiemaster on Saturday April 19, 2025 @07:40AM
from the slashdot.org dept.

https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/18/2323216/openai-puzzled-as-new-models-show-rising-hallucination-rates

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Jira Used To manage lunch

Posted by pixiemaster on Thursday April 10, 2025 @01:01PM
from the icosahedron.website dept.

https://icosahedron.website/@sixohsix/114313246718371071

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Switch 2 changes the way game cartridges work

Posted by pixiemaster on Thursday April 03, 2025 @10:19AM
from the en-americas-support.nintendo.com dept.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/68415/~/nintendo-switch%26nbsp%3B2-game-key-card-overview

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Self Densified Wood

Posted by pixiemaster on Thursday March 27, 2025 @02:04AM
from the newatlas.com dept.

https://newatlas.com/materials/self-densified-wood/

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Human Metapneumovirus

Posted by pixiemaster on Saturday January 04, 2025 @02:43PM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_metapneumovirus

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Re:Russian UVB-76 radio station broadcasts burst of mysterious messages on Saturday December 21, 2024 @01:10PM (#42481158)

latin „propagare“ :-)

AI winter 2.0 is coming

Posted by pixiemaster on Monday December 09, 2024 @01:15AM
from the cnbc.com dept.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/08/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-ai-development-is-finally-slowing-down.html

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Re:Booking.com says typos giving strangers access to private trip info... on Friday December 06, 2024 @01:53PM (#42342891)

I wonder how that could be exploited.

Replace your Meeting participants with AI

Posted by pixiemaster on Friday November 22, 2024 @02:55AM
from the ft.com dept.

https://www.ft.com/content/1f076273-c595-4834-b96c-abc72c9e082c

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Re:Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess on Friday November 15, 2024 @01:21AM (#42144379)

I have this hypothesis as well, that OpenAI added a lot of „classic“ algorithms and rules over time, (eg rules for filtering etc)

Re:300 people applied to rent $700/month sleeping pods in downtown San... on Friday November 01, 2024 @01:58PM (#42019699)

Daily Recurring Renting…

Children's Mathematical Abilities Tied to Three Specific Genetic Variants

Posted by pixiemaster on Saturday October 26, 2024 @04:54AM
from the onlinelibrary.wiley.com dept.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gbb.12843

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BitWarden leaves open source community

Posted by pixiemaster on Sunday October 20, 2024 @12:58PM
from the chaos.social dept.

https://chaos.social/@scy/113340104207001138

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Re:Love being interrupted when my monitor asks me to accept user agree... on Saturday October 19, 2024 @03:22PM (#41890016)

please do. but it seems it would be more expensive to produce a tv with less features: https://www.tomsguide.com/features/dumb-tvs-heres-why-you-ca...

Re:Zapata AI Ceases Operations on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @07:09AM (#41847304)

usually:

- missed payments on interests - failed positive guidance on going-concern - missed intermediate milestones (b2b contracts basically give you any possibilities legally wise)